Introducing Big Bite Bait's Coontail Worm.

Impressions: The Coontail Worm measures just under five inches in length and varies in diameter from head to its stubby little tail. It is covered in the afore mentioned rings, but what's interesting about this bait is its core is not straight. That bit of plastic that serves as the bait's spine is actually curved, giving it a more lifelike organic shape. It's available in roughly 10 different colors and comes in a re-sealable pack of 7 baits for $3.99.

The Coontail worm features rings all the way up and down its length.

Real World Tests: As with any soft plastic worm, there are a countless number of ways you can fish this bait, but my primary application was to use it as a drop shot worm. I fished it on the end of 6lb Sunline Sniper Fluorocarbon spooled onto a Daiwa Exist spinning reel mounted on my St. Croix Legend Elite ES70MLF.

It measures just under five inches in length and varies in diameter from head to its stubby little tail.

Ease of Rigging : Naturally, rigged as a drop shot bait, all you have to do is pierce the nose of the Coontail Worm with the hook, but you can also pierce it through the midsection to rig wacky. If you choose to fish the bait Texas rigged, there's enough meat at the bait's head to hold it fast up by the line tie, and just barely enough meat along the spine to conceal the point of your hook.

Rigging for drop shot is this simple.

Ease of Actuation : In the water is where this bait's curved spine comes into play. Because the bait isn't straight, it has a built in wiggle action as it descends and the current sifts through the bait's rings at different angles. This worm is the epitome of a do-nothing bait.

The bait's spine is very thin so Texas rigging is possible, but probably only for a few fish before it will get torn up.

Durability : Surprisingly, as a drop shot bait at least, the Coontail Worm holds up very well through several catches. I imagine if you Texas rig the bait with a straight shank or EWG hook, durability will be a little less simply because there's not much plastic in the bait's body for you to conceal the hook.

Here's a good look at the bait's curved spine and irregular shape.

After a few bites, the Coontail worm can get torn up. On the plus side though, because there isn't much plastic in the bait's body, it doesn't take much force to set the hook with the Coontail Worm. Therefore you can fish it with lighter gauge hooks and light line to entice more bites.

The tail section comes to an end with a subtle little bump.